Some sandwiches and salads have more fat than burgers, says Which?

SOME high street salads and sandwiches contain more calories and fat than burgers and pizza, a survey has found.

Consumer group Which? has called for all manufacturers to use traffic light nutrition labelling and restaurants to display calorie content after finding that apparently healthy options are “no better than a burger”.

The watchdog tested eight popular lunchtime meals including sandwiches, pastas and salads from high street shops to find that some contained surprisingly high amounts of fat, salt and sugar.

Caffe Nero’s brie and bacon panini contained 624 calories, more than a McDonald’s quarter pounder with cheese at 518 calories.

The bacon and brie made the panini high in fat (24.1g), saturates (12g) and salt (3.2g), while caramelised onions added to the sugar content of 15.8g.

Three of the sandwiches tested contained more than three teaspoons of sugar – Pret’s posh cheddar and pickle on artisan, Caffe Nero’s brie and bacon panini and Gregg’s Mexican chicken baguette.